HR 1670: RESCUER initiative; recognize importance of voluntary community based resource recovery efforts; encourage counties to explore voluntary resource recovery programs

This resolution highlights what it calls the RESCUER initiative (Georgia Resource Exchange and Sharing for Community Uplift and Emergency Resilience), a concept for voluntary, community based food sharing. It notes that communities often throw away edible food while some residents face food insecurity, and says digital platforms could connect local residents, food banks, restaurants, and grocery stores to share food within a community. The resolution does not create any new law, program, or funding. It simply has the House of Representatives recognize the value of these voluntary efforts and encourage Georgia's counties and municipal corporations to look into setting up similar voluntary resource recovery programs on their own. It also directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to counties and cities across the state.

• Formally recognizes the importance of voluntary, community based food recovery efforts described as the RESCUER initiative.
• Encourages (but does not require) counties and municipal corporations in Georgia to explore voluntary resource recovery programs using digital platforms.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to counties and municipal corporations statewide.
• Creates no new legal requirements, funding, agency, or enforcement mechanism; it is a statement of support rather than a binding law.

Georgia counties and municipal corporations, which are encouraged to consider voluntary food sharing programs, along with food banks, restaurants, grocery stores, and other retailers that might participate in such community based digital food sharing efforts, plus residents facing food insecurity.

Because this is a resolution rather than a law, it changes nothing directly, but it signals House support for local governments experimenting with digital tools to reduce food waste and connect surplus food from stores and restaurants with residents who need it.

• The whereas clauses describe the RESCUER initiative as a concept for voluntary, digital platform based food sharing connecting residents, food banks, restaurants, and retailers.
• The resolving clause has the House recognize the initiative's importance and encourage counties and municipal corporations to explore similar voluntary programs.
• A further resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to counties and municipal corporations in Georgia.
• The resolution contains no funding appropriation, mandate, deadline, or enforcement provision.

1. 2026-03-25House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
2. 2026-03-18House Withdrawn, Recommitted (House)
3. 2026-03-18House Second Readers (House)
4. 2026-03-16House First Readers (House)
5. 2026-03-12House Hopper (House)

• Segun Adeyina (D, HD-110)Primary sponsor
• Todd Jones (R, HD-025)
• Brad Thomas (R, HD-021)
• Dar'shun Kendrick (D, HD-095)
• Brian Prince (D, HD-132)
• Long Tran (D, HD-080)

• food waste
• food insecurity
• local government
• community programs